Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1909 — OUR TALES OF WOE. [ARTICLE]

OUR TALES OF WOE.

To continuously relate or harp on one’s troubles will drive visitors from any home. No one cares to hear constant repetitions of troubles or a rehashing of unpleasant happenings of the past. Let the dead past bury its dead. The present is full enough of current trouble, without being loaded down with the past. People who carry their trouble on their faces, their lips, and actions, drive away many friends who fire of listening and seek more cheerful company.